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The Forest in Medieval German Literature
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Ecocritical Readings from a Historical Perspective
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Artikel-Nr:
9780739195192
Veröffentl:
2015
Seiten:
254
Autor:
Albrecht Classen
Serie:
Ecocritical Theory and Practice
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The Forest in Medieval German Literature analyzes the topic of the “forest” through some of the best and lesser known examples of medieval German literature, approaching them through modern ecocritical issues that are paired with premodern perspectives.
By pursuing an ecocritical reading, The Forest in Medieval German Literature examines passages in medieval German texts where protagonists operated in the forest and found themselves either in conflictual situations or in refuge. By probing the way the individual authors dealt with the forest, illustrating how their characters fared in this sylvan space, the role of the forest proved to be of supreme importance in understanding the fundamental relationship between humans and nature. The medieval forest almost always introduced an epistemological challenge: how to cope in life, or how to find one’s way in this natural maze. By approaching these narratives through modern ecocritical issues that are paired with premodern perspectives, we gain a solid and far-reaching understanding of how medieval concepts can aid in a better understanding of human society and nature in its historical context. This book revisits some of the best and lesser known examples of medieval German literature, and the critical approach used here will allow us to recognize the importance of medieval literature for a profound reassessment of our modern existence with respect to our own forests.
Acknowledgements
Introduction and Theoretical Reflections:
The Forest as an Epistemological Challenge in the Middle Ages
Chapter One:
Hartmann von Aue’s Concept of the Forest:
The Arthurian Adventure in the Forest and the Consequences
Chapter Two:
The Forest as Staging Ground for the Heroic Protagonist:
Glory and Demise in the Nibelungenlied
Chapter Three:
The Forest in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Works:
The Passage from the Arthurian Court
to the Grail Kingdom Through the Forest
Chapter Four:
The Forest in Gottfried von Straßburg’s Tristan
and in Alternative Tristan Versions
Chapter Five:
The Forest in Der Melerantz von Frankreich by The Pleier
Chapter Six:
The Forest as the Transitional and Transformative Space
in Konrad von Würzburg’s Partonopier und Meliur
Chapter Seven:
The Ambivalence of the Forest: Exile or Safe Haven?
The Destiny of the Female Protagonist Refracted in the Forest:
Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken’s Königin Sibille
Chapter Eight:
Forest in Thüring von Ringoltingen’s Melusine:
Dark Spaces, Mysterious Origins, Meaningful Connections:
The Forest and the Establishment of Dynasties
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Introduction and Theoretical Reflections:
The Forest as an Epistemological Challenge in the Middle Ages
Chapter One:
Hartmann von Aue’s Concept of the Forest:
The Arthurian Adventure in the Forest and the Consequences
Chapter Two:
The Forest as Staging Ground for the Heroic Protagonist:
Glory and Demise in the Nibelungenlied
Chapter Three:
The Forest in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Works:
The Passage from the Arthurian Court
to the Grail Kingdom Through the Forest
Chapter Four:
The Forest in Gottfried von Straßburg’s Tristan
and in Alternative Tristan Versions
Chapter Five:
The Forest in Der Melerantz von Frankreich by The Pleier
Chapter Six:
The Forest as the Transitional and Transformative Space
in Konrad von Würzburg’s Partonopier und Meliur
Chapter Seven:
The Ambivalence of the Forest: Exile or Safe Haven?
The Destiny of the Female Protagonist Refracted in the Forest:
Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken’s Königin Sibille
Chapter Eight:
Forest in Thüring von Ringoltingen’s Melusine:
Dark Spaces, Mysterious Origins, Meaningful Connections:
The Forest and the Establishment of Dynasties
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index